11-07-2013, 10:25 AM
Whenever I take a poke around the main site where all the submitted sprites end up, I see the words "Submit" near the top of the page in bold letters. Obviously, if you were to click it, it would take you to a section of the site where you have the chance to submit your own sprites to the main site. Considering this, I find it extremely odd if you take into account how the general submission process works.
You see, if anyone wants to submit a sprite sheet to the main site, they would actually have to go to the submissions board and post the submission in question in a thread. Then, after the administrative staff says their thoughts on the matter, the sheet is (usually) approved and the team puts it up on the site. If anyone is given the means to bypass the critique process and directly submit the sheet onto the site, then what's the point of the submission boards? If a lot of other users figured out about that submission button, it makes me wonder why there are not as many submissions as there are now. Heck! If the submission button works how I think it does, then this site would be filled to the brim with shoddy custom sprites that have yet to be critiqued in order for them to reach their full potential.
As much as I would like to try out this submission button for myself, I know better than to actually go through with it. When I was about to submit a custom Mario item sprite sheet by using this button, I stopped myself at the last minute because I was afraid of what would happen if I were to make an "unauthorized" upload of my sprite sheet instead of just letting the friendly staff of this site give me their "seal of approval." As a result, I don't know anything else about the submit button you see on the main site.
Still, it does make me curious about why such a button exists. If the site just leaves a way for any registered user to submit sprites, then there has to be some kind of catch, right? Besides, a tool like this feels morel like what should only be in the hands of the administration team instead of the common user.
You see, if anyone wants to submit a sprite sheet to the main site, they would actually have to go to the submissions board and post the submission in question in a thread. Then, after the administrative staff says their thoughts on the matter, the sheet is (usually) approved and the team puts it up on the site. If anyone is given the means to bypass the critique process and directly submit the sheet onto the site, then what's the point of the submission boards? If a lot of other users figured out about that submission button, it makes me wonder why there are not as many submissions as there are now. Heck! If the submission button works how I think it does, then this site would be filled to the brim with shoddy custom sprites that have yet to be critiqued in order for them to reach their full potential.
As much as I would like to try out this submission button for myself, I know better than to actually go through with it. When I was about to submit a custom Mario item sprite sheet by using this button, I stopped myself at the last minute because I was afraid of what would happen if I were to make an "unauthorized" upload of my sprite sheet instead of just letting the friendly staff of this site give me their "seal of approval." As a result, I don't know anything else about the submit button you see on the main site.
Still, it does make me curious about why such a button exists. If the site just leaves a way for any registered user to submit sprites, then there has to be some kind of catch, right? Besides, a tool like this feels morel like what should only be in the hands of the administration team instead of the common user.
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